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BUITEMS Quality & Excellence in Education D.G. NADRA Visits BUITEMS Reported by: Muhammad Shah Durrani Director General, National Database and Registration Authority, Balochistan, Col. (R) Anis Khan called on the Vice Chancellor, BUITEMS on February 27, 2012. Talking to Engr Ahmed Farooq Bazai, the Vice Chancellor, he appreciated the high standard of educational facilities and educational instruction provided to the students at BUITEMS. He termed BUITEMS as the torch-bearer of quality, not only in the country, but also amongst the world-renowned institutions. ‘The way the students are provided education, the level of discipline and the capable end product of the university, all reflect high standard’. Engr. Ahmed Farooq Bazai, Vice Chancellor BUITEMS thanked D.G. NADRA for his offers and remarked that mutual cooperation between organizations like NADRA and educational institutions can go a long way in building up the required human capital for the country and national growth. He expressed hope that BUITEMS students would make the best of the support offered by the Director General NADRA. Launching of IEEE BUITEMS Student Branch, Quetta Reported by: Ms. Waheeda Jabbar and Ms. Bushra Naeem FICT BUITEMS hosted an Electronics Project Competition and a Seminar on 4th of January, 2012. The objective of the event was to motivate the engineering students to translate their innovative ideas into tangible projects. DG NADRA and Vice Chancellor in Lab He offered to provide jobs to all those BUITEMS graduates who earned the distinction of winning gold medals at the 7 th convocation of the university. He also volunteered to provide scholarships and technical cooperation to BUITEMS students in completing projects. Vice Chancellor talking to DG NADRA Dr. Aftab, Dean FICT inaugurating the Project Display The project competition comprised various hardware projects which included GSM based bike security system, UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), Digital Electronic City and other interesting projects. The project competition attracted students and staff from not only the Faculty of ICT but from other faculties too. Following the project display, a seminar was held in which IEEE membership for new students was floated. The seminar included an introduction to IEEE, benefits of membership and plans of IEEE BUITEMS student branch. This successful event was planned under the supervision of the Branch Chair of IEEE, Prof. Dr. Abdul Hussain Shah Bukhari. The chief 11
BUITEMS Quality & Excellence in Education guest of the event was Dr. Aftab Ahmed Sheikh, the acting Dean, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. Judges for the project competition included chairpersons of the Departments of Telecommunication Engineering and Electronic Engineering. The seminar was attended by around 70 students and faculty members. Chairperson, Department of Management Sciences, Mr. Jamal Mustafa in his address to the audience stressed the need of holding such activities in order to elicit proposals from students with different experiences and different cultural backgrounds. IELTS Training Completed Reported by: Prof. S.M.Niazi A section of the audience at IEEE seminar Seminar on ‘Social Problems’ Reported by: Yumna Iftikhar A seminar in context of social problems prevailing in Pakistan, was conducted on January 11, 2012 at the City Campus Auditorium by the students of BS (BA) under the supervision of Mr. Zafar Ullah, Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Basic Sciences (FABS).The objective of the seminar was to bring the students together in order to identify social problems and collectively propose their workable solutions. The topic was “Social Problems of Pakistan; Causes, Consequences and Solutions”. Different Groups were assigned different problems infested in the society. The groups gave presentations supported with graphic illustrations. BUITEMS signed a contract with Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) Foundation to undertake a training course for building/enhancing capacity in English language of scholarship awardees nominated by ADS. The training program commenced on October 3, 2011 with Prof. Sultan Mahmood Niazi as the Course Coordinator. He and Mr. Naeem Nasir were the resource persons. Services of Engr. Abdul Wahab, Networking Specialist BUITEMS, were acquired for giving the trainees a sound foundation in the field of IT. A total of 228 hours sessions were held to enhance proficiency of the nominated trainees. Apart from focusing on the four basic language skills, the resource persons minimized the efforts of mother tongue interference and weeded out the difficulties faced by the trainees in discourse organization. The progress of the trainees was frequently assessed through periodic tests. Vice Chancellor with ADS delegates & participants The certificates award ceremony was held on January 17, 2012. Ms. Fatima Moin, Team Leader, Australia Awards and Ms. Sofia Afzal, A section of the seminar participants 12
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